CVE-2011-1967

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Winsrv.dll in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly check permissions for sending inter-process device-event messages from low-integrity processes to high-integrity processes, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Vulnerability."

Winsrv.dll in the Client/Server Run-time Subsystem (aka CSRSS) in the Win32 subsystem in Microsoft Windows XP SP2 and SP3, Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2, and R2 SP1, and Windows 7 Gold and SP1 does not properly check permissions for sending inter-process device-event messages from low-integrity processes to high-integrity processes, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "CSRSS Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 13 years ago

2011-08-10 21:55:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-02-26 14:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows 7

Microsoft Windows 7 64-bit Service Pack 1 (initial release)

Microsoft Windows 7 x86 Service Pack 1

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2

Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for 32-bit systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2 for Itanium-Based Systems

Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems

r2

Windows Server 2008 R2 for 32-bit Systems

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 r2 Service Pack 1 Itanium

r2

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 x64 (64-bit)

r2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3

Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 x64 (64-bit)

References

TA11-221A

US Government Resource

MS11-063

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:12911

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